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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole website
12,967 approved · 2,537 refused · 630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2020 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
21-25 Boscombe Spa Road Bournemouth BH5 1AX
Received 31 Oct 20254 Richmond Park Crescent Bournemouth BH8 9BU
Received 2 Jan 202511 Bryony Close, Broadstone, BH18 9NS
Received 9 Jul 202459 Fitzharris Avenue Bournemouth BH9 1BY
Received 7 Jul 202631 Lynton Crescent Christchurch BH23 2SD
Received 16 May 2022Burger King Wilverley Road Off Somerford Road Christchurch BH23 3PY
Received 25 Apr 20225 Wollstonecraft Road Bournemouth BH5 1JQ
Received 2 Feb 202468 Hurn Way Christchurch BH23 2PD
Received 4 Jun 202510-22 Westover Road Bournemouth BH1 2BY
Received 13 Mar 202516A Old Bridge Road Bournemouth BH6 5RG
Received 25 Mar 202443 Elms Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EE
Received 7 Mar 20228 Medina Way Christchurch BH23 4EL
Received 11 Jul 20221 Chaseside Bournemouth BH7 7DA
Received 8 Jun 2026Flat 1, 11 Penn Hill Avenue, Poole, BH14 9LU
Received 29 Jan 2024143 Dorchester Road, Poole, BH15 3RZ
Received 20 Mar 202446 Pearce Avenue, Poole, BH14 8EH
Received 18 Mar 20221 Buckler Heights, Poole, BH14 8TA
Received 28 Mar 2022115 The Grove Christchurch BH23 2EZ
Received 18 Sept 2026290A Wallisdown Road Bournemouth BH11 8PN
Received 14 Aug 202423 Amberwood Gardens Christchurch BH23 5RT
Received 13 Feb 202415 Freshwater Road Christchurch BH23 4PD
Received 20 Oct 202526 Garland Road, Poole, BH15 2LA
Received 21 Jan 2025Seaspray 1 Purbeck Avenue Poole BH15 4DN
Received 29 Aug 2025Unit 12 Castlepoint Castle Lane West Bournemouth BH8 9UY
Received 13 Feb 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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